Pocket-knife.



No. 765,285. PATENTED JULY 19, 1904.

E. KAUFMANN. POCKET KNIFE.

APPLIOATION FILED 0UT.14. 1902.

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WITNESSES UNITED STATES Patented July 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

POCKET-KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,285, dated July 19,1904. Application filed October Id, 1902. Serial No. 127,237. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNs'r KAUEMANN, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at Solingen, Germany, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pocket-Knives, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to a pocketknife having scissors combinedtherewith which are constructed in such a manner that in place of theusual spring for opening the scissors a device is connected to themovable scissors-blade, and has for object to serve as a fulcrum orabutment for the finger in opening the scissors. Pocket-knife scissorsof this kind are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows the scissors closed and projecting from the knife-handle.Fig. 2 shows the instrument in the same position, but with the device orpart which is to be acted on by the finger still lying against thescissors-leg. Fig. 3 shows the scissors-leg and the scissors open withthe finger-piece ready for use. Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

The scissors consist of two legs a and Z), of which the leg I) ispivoted to the knife-handle 0, so that it can open out therefrom, whilethe leg at is pivoted on the pivot cl, mounted on the scissors-leg a.This leg a carries an arm g, which ispivoted at f and which is held inits end position, Fig. 3, by means of the nose it, that serves as anabutment. When it is desired to open and shut the scissors for cutting,the finger which serves to operate the movable scissors-blade isinserted between the parts a and g of the movable scissors-leg, whichare set in the positions shown in Fig. 3. The leg g is thus fixed by anose it in the end position given to it relatively to the leg to. Whenthe finger is moved so as to cause the scissors to open, it finds anabutment on the locked part 9, which follows the movement of the fingersand moves the leg (0 also with it. When the finger makes a movement inthe opposite direction, the scissors are thereby closed, so as to makethe desired cut.

It is not absolutely necessary that the part g, which serves as theabutment for the finger in opening the scissors, should have the formshown in the drawings, and instead thereof any other part having anequivalent effect may be employed. For instance, a multiple eye or eyescapable of moving in one another by means of slot guidance may beemployed for that purpose, the arrangement being such that the adjacentmembers can be turned and shifted relatively to one another in such amanner that when folded together they will lie with the same curvatureas close up as possible against the handle part.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates. is

1. In a pocket-knife scissors, the combination with the main member 5,the scissors member a pivoted thereto, and the arm g pivoted to themember a, of an abutment formed between the arm g and member a andadapted to enable the member a. to be operated in one direction by thearm 9.

2. In a pocket-knife scissors, the combination with the main member b,the scissors member a pivoted thereto, and the arm g pivoted to themember a, of the abutment it on the arm g adjacent to its pivot, adaptedto act on the member a, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses. ERNST KAUFMANN. Witnesses:

PAUL SCHIMM MARSCH, VICTOR W. HELDT.

